Statistics NZ

14 Aug 18, 11:07am

New Zealand has added the equivalent of the population of the Waikato region since 2013 with net migration the main driver, Statistics NZ says
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Average building costs declining for Auckland apartments

10 Aug 18, 11:45am

Greg Ninness

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Falling construction costs rather than a reduction in size is the likely reason for a drop in the average value of new apartments consented in Auckland
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New dwelling consents eased in June but remain higher year-on-year

31 Jul 18, 11:33am

Greg Ninness

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New dwelling consents slipped in most parts of the country in June but rose strongly in Wellington
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Overseas buyer activity increasing in central Auckland, mostly down elsewhere

27 Jul 18, 11:40am

Greg Ninness

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Overseas house buying activity mostly concentrated in Auckland, latest figures show
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June migration gain down 31% compared to June last year

20 Jul 18, 11:43am

Greg Ninness

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Lowest migration gain for month of June since 2014 as population loss to Australia starts to trickle up
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This week's guest Top 10

6 Jul 18, 10:00am

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Henry Lynch on the foreign buyer data debacle, how chatbots are channelling customers, the Australian banking sector, the FIFA’s World Cup strange connection to toilets, and the meaning of life
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New dwelling consents at 15 year high in Auckland

29 Jun 18, 11:25am

Greg Ninness

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Surge in new dwelling consents in Auckland could be the beginning of the end for the region's housing shortage
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Net migration gain in May down 25.5% compared to a year ago

22 Jun 18, 11:36am

Greg Ninness

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Population growth from migration continues slowing with big drops in gains from China, India and the UK, Statistics NZ says
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Nearly 20% of central Auckland properties being sold to overseas buyers

7 Jun 18, 11:39am

Greg Ninness

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Overseas house buyer activity is concentrated in places like Auckland and Queenstown
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New houses are getting smaller in Auckland, bringing building costs down

5 Jun 18, 2:21pm

Greg Ninness

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There's been a drop in the average size of new houses and townhouses being built in Auckland, which may help bring prices down
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Building consents rise in Auckland, fall in most other regions

30 May 18, 11:21am

Greg Ninness

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Good news for Aucklanders with the number of new dwelling consents up and average values falling, suggesting a shift towards more affordable new housing
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Monthly migration gain smallest since May 2014

21 May 18, 11:27am

David Hargreaves

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Rising numbers of non-New Zealanders are continuing to leave, pushing net migration down from high levels to an annual gain of 67,000 in April, down nearly 5000 from a year earlier
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Unraveling some of the mysteries of rent behaviour

4 May 18, 12:25pm

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens doubts landlords' costs drive rents, suggesting it's more likely income growth does. But he finds there is confusion in the data with the biggest threat from inflation
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Unemployment falls for fifth consecutive quarter

2 May 18, 10:57am

Jason Walls

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New Zealand’s unemployment rate drops to 4.4%, in line with the Reserve Bank’s forecast
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High density housing spurs growth

1 May 18, 11:09am

David Hargreaves

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Statistics New Zealand says there were 2926 new homes consented nationally in March, up 5.3% on the same month a year earlier; Auckland had 1082 consents, up 14.9%
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March migration gain smallest in four years

24 Apr 18, 11:05am

David Hargreaves

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Immigration is continuing to drop from very high levels spurred by rising numbers of departing non-New Zealanders; over 3000 non-Kiwis left in March - a record for a March month
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Growth in new home construction is stalling

29 Mar 18, 11:17am

Greg Ninness

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The number of new homes consented in February fell year-on-year and the annual growth rate is slowing
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Annual Auckland GDP tops $100 bln for the first time

21 Mar 18, 1:22pm

Gareth Vaughan

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Auckland region's annual GDP bigger than Wellington, Canterbury and Waikato's combined, Statistics NZ figures show
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February's net migration gain the lowest for two years

21 Mar 18, 11:24am

Greg Ninness

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Migration gain continues its downward path with more non-New Zealand citizens returning home
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The economy shifts down a gear, GDP data shows

15 Mar 18, 11:22am

Jason Walls

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New Zealand’s economy grew by a whisker under 3% last year as GDP data for the fourth quarter of 2017 came in under market expectations – the growth figure is more than 1% off 2016’s figure
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